A major achievement has been the refurbishment and reconnection of the entire Grand Canal, a 2500-year-old construction that runs 1782 kilometres between Beijing and Hangzhou. The Hangzhou section ...

In 1853, this policy ended abruptly when four American ships sailed into Tokyo Bay and forced ... and expanding the Grand Canal that snaked 1,000 miles (1,600km) from Beijing to Hangzhou. Italian ...

Note: no sound] Workers excavate the downstream embankment of the navigation open channel at the Huaian Junction of the ...

Panama's decision to leave a key investment deal with China has drawn accusations from Beijing of "pressure and coercion" by ...

“Above all, China is operating the Panama Canal. And we didn’t give it to China. We gave it to Panama, and we’re taking it back,” Trump claimed in his inaugural speech last month. There ...

Hangzhou, the capital of China’s southeastern Zhejiang province, is rapidly gaining recognition as a leading technology hub in the country with the rise of local start-ups known as the “Six ...

Panama strongly rebuked Trump’s comments, with President José Raúl Mulino saying the canal “is and will continue to be Panama’s.” Mulino also rejected Trump’s claim that China controls ...

Managing the risk of attacks against the canal requires limiting the access and knowledge of parties such as China with an interest in shutting it down in wartime. The 1989 U.S. military ...

If control of the canal falls into the hands of an adversary, specifically China, it could cause economic damage to the U.S. by disrupting trade and hindering military efforts by restricting ...

“Above all, China is operating the Panama Canal. And we didn’t give it to China. We gave it to Panama, and we’re taking it back,” Trump claimed in his inaugural speech last month. There’s no evidence ...